Both the fiction and the nonfiction by former national security advisor Richard A. Clarke focuses on international terrorism and its implications for the United States. His political thrillers are fast-paced and suspenseful, centered around entirely likely global terror scenarios. Though his taut fiction is as compelling as it is thought-provoking, Clarke's nonfiction is easily more unsettling. Written from an insider's perspective -- but accessible to the casual reader -- it discusses national security blunders and cyber warfare while offering alternatives to our current way of handling very real terrorist threats. Start with: Breakpoint (Fiction); Your Government Failed You (Nonfiction)

Both the fiction and the nonfiction by former national security advisor Richard A. Clarke focuses on international terrorism and its implications for the United States. His political thrillers are fast-paced and suspenseful, centered around entirely likely global terror scenarios. Though his taut fiction is as compelling as it is thought-provoking, Clarke's nonfiction is easily more unsettling. Written from an insider's perspective -- but accessible to the casual reader -- it discusses national security blunders and cyber warfare while offering alternatives to our current way of handling very real terrorist threats. Start with: Breakpoint (Fiction); Your Government Failed You (Nonfiction)